Zi Lingling watched Old Du's condition, and her heart nearly gave out.
"Old Du, can you be more direct and stop dawdling?" she urged.
Old Du paid no attention to her at all.
The light flickering in his eyes clearly indicated he was sifting through certain memories.
Suddenly, Old Du's soul began to tremble, as if enduring immense pain.
"Ahhh ahhh ahhh~"
Old Du let out a series of agonizing roars.
Zi Lingling, who had been anxiously pacing, quickly asked with concern, "Old Du, what's wrong?"
Old Du was in so much pain that his soul felt like it was shrinking into a ball. He had no energy to answer her question.
"Ahhh ahhh ahhh~"
His pained cries tugged at Zi Lingling's heart.
Although Zi Lingling often called Old Du "old geezer," she had long considered him family in her heart.
Now, seeing Old Du in such agony, Zi Lingling's heart ached.
"Old Du, what exactly is happening to you?" she asked anxiously.
Old Du was too weak to answer.
At this moment, his soul felt as if it were pierced by thousands of silver needles, riddled with countless holes, and as if countless worms were crawling and biting him randomly.
The pain was indescribable, more severe than being sliced into a thousand pieces.
Old Du's soul, which had only recently recovered, dimmed further.
"Old Du, please tell me, what is happening?" Zi Lingling said urgently.
Old Du looked at her with difficulty, his lips moved, and then he roared again.
Zi Lingling finally understood that Old Du wasn't unwilling to answer, but simply lacked the strength.
What could be done?
Soul Nourishing Pill?
Zi Lingling took out a Soul Nourishing Pill and was about to give it to Old Du.
However, Old Du, in his soul form, could not swallow pills.
Frustrated, Zi Lingling threw the pill aside and took out silver needles from her Nine Spirit Ring, quickly pricking Old Du.
Yet, the physical needles passed through Old Du's soul, unable to provide any healing.
No!
Conventional methods could not alleviate Old Du's pain.
What to do?
What to do?
Zi Lingling was starting to panic.
Although she remembered that as a healer, she had to remain calm under any circumstances, the current situation was beyond her understanding, making her increasingly agitated.
But the more she couldn't calm down, the more helpless she felt.
No!
This wouldn't help Old Du at all!
Thinking this, Zi Lingling let out a heavy sigh, "Hoo~ Calm down! Calm down! Calm down!"
She forced herself to calm down, her mind racing.
Pills didn't work, needles didn't work, which meant physical objects had no effect on Old Du.
Therefore, to help Old Du, she could only use non-physical means.
"Non-physical, non-physical, non-physical..."
Suddenly, murmuring to herself, Zi Lingling's eyes lit up. "I've got it!"
A soul body was inherently non-physical, so if she used her soul power, which was also non-physical, couldn't she help Old Du?
No sooner said than done!
Zi Lingling separated a wisp of her soul power and carefully guided it towards Old Du's soul.
However, despite her extreme caution, as her soul power touched Old Du's soul body, he let out an even more agonizing roar.
Startled, Zi Lingling quickly withdrew the wisp of soul power.
Soul power didn't work, what else could there be?
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I've got it!
Zi Lingling sat down cross-legged and began to chant the general principles of the "Human Emperor's Medical Canon."
"Before the division of heaven and earth, chaos was one. One gave rise to two, two to three, and three to all things. Thus, the numbers of heaven and earth..."
She remembered Old Du had once said that the "Human Emperor's Medical Canon," created by the Ancestral God, could heal not only the pain of the body but also the wounds of the soul.
As Zi Lingling's voice flowed, a rich fragrance emanated from her body, enveloping Old Du's soul.
Soon, Old Du's soul stopped trembling so violently.
He slowly relaxed, floating in the air with a sense of enjoyment.
Zi Lingling's entire body was enveloped in golden light, like a noble and sacred ancient deity.
Initially, the red substance that had been attempting to surge into her body, upon her sitting down, was forced to retreat by the golden light.
In just a few breaths, within a three-zhang radius around Zi Lingling, the dark red in the soil completely receded.
Not only that, but even the small flowers and grass within this area returned to their normal colors.
"Girl, I'm fine now!"
Old Du's weak voice reached Zi Lingling's ears, interrupting her chanting.
Zi Lingling's eyes snapped open.
When she saw that Old Du in front of her was no longer in any pain, the worry in her heart finally subsided.
She stood up and said joyfully, "Old Du, are you really okay?"
Old Du nodded, his heart warming. "I'm really okay!"
Zi Lingling quickly asked, "Old Du, what exactly happened to you just now?"
Old Du smiled faintly and said, "It should be due to my forceful retrieval of those fragmented memories."
"By the way, girl, a formation name suddenly appeared in my mind intermittently—the Four Symbols Heaven Locking Formation!"
"Four Symbols Heaven Locking Formation?" Zi Lingling exclaimed.
Old Du nodded and said, "Yes, the Four Symbols Heaven Locking Formation is a formation that fuses the real and the虚, based on the Four Symbols divine beasts and supplemented by the principles of the Five Elements."
"This formation possesses infinite power. When set up correctly, it can not only lock the sky and the earth but also compress the虚 and the实, breaking the boundaries of space."
"It's that powerful?" Zi Lingling was greatly shocked.
Old Du nodded and continued, "Weren't you just worrying about how to collect this small stream? The Four Symbols Heaven Locking Formation can help you solve this problem."
"However, there is a slight difficulty: the Four Symbols Heaven Locking Formation requires the Four Symbols divine beasts—Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise—as its foundation to unleash its full power."
"Of course, in the absence of the Four Symbols divine beasts, you can use beasts of the Wood, Metal, Fire, and Water elements as substitutes."
"However, the lower the level of the beast, the weaker the power; the higher the level, the stronger the power. I suggest you find four beasts above the Spirit Beast level."
Zi Lingling's heart filled with joy as she listened to Old Du's explanation.
Why did she feel like the Four Symbols Heaven Locking Formation was tailor-made for her?
"No need, we'll use the Four Symbols divine beasts!" Zi Lingling said triumphantly.
This time, it was Old Du's turn to be astonished.
He rolled his eyes and scoffed, "What did you say? Use the Four Symbols divine beasts? Do you think the Four Symbols divine beasts are as common as cabbage?"
Zi Lingling smiled and said, "Old Du, don't get so worked up! While you were sleeping, I actually found four Four Symbols divine beasts!"